Cellular and molecular mechanisms of goblet cell metaplasia in the respiratory airways

Experimental Lung Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 207-216

  Boucherat, Olivier ^a   Boczkowski, Jorge ^b   Jeannotte, Lucie ^a   Delacourt, Christophe ^b,c,d,e  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSERM U955   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e Fondation PremUP   (France)

Author keywords

Airway epithelium; Asthma; COPD; Mucus hypersecretion; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED CHLORIDE CHANNEL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 9;

ASTHMA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MESENCHYME; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; METABOLISM; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCUS; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCUS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

EID: 84877914528     PISSN: 01902148     EISSN: 15210499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01902148.2013.791733     Document Type: Review

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